diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c8ed34a..3bc0cb4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 *.swp
 *.core
-/Build/
+/builddir/
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 7483264..0000000
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20)
-project(kappachat LANGUAGES CXX)
-
-list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
-find_package(deltachat-core REQUIRED)
-find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Widgets)
-
-include(AddAutoformatTarget)
-include(GNUInstallDirs)
-
-qt_standard_project_setup()
-
-add_subdirectory(src)
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 56851bc..0000000
--- a/build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[ -f Build/build.ninja ] || cmake -G Ninja -B Build
-exec ninja -C Build "$@"
diff --git a/cmake/AddAutoformatTarget.cmake b/cmake/AddAutoformatTarget.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 548c2ac..0000000
--- a/cmake/AddAutoformatTarget.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-find_program(clang-format_EXECUTABLE clang-format)
-mark_as_advanced(clang-format_EXECUTABLE)
-
-if(clang-format_EXECUTABLE)
-  add_executable(clang-format IMPORTED)
-  set_target_properties(clang-format PROPERTIES
-    IMPORTED_LOCATION ${clang-format_EXECUTABLE})
-endif()
-
-function(add_autoformat_target target)
-  get_target_property(source_dir ${target} SOURCE_DIR)
-  get_target_property(sources ${target} SOURCES)
-  foreach(source ${sources})
-    get_property(generated SOURCE ${source} PROPERTY GENERATED)
-    if(NOT ${generated})
-      list(APPEND non_generated_sources ${source})
-    endif()
-  endforeach()
-  add_custom_target(autoformat_${target}
-    COMMAND clang-format -i -- ${non_generated_sources}
-    WORKING_DIRECTORY ${source_dir}
-    COMMENT "Autoformating sources of target ${target}"
-    VERBATIM)
-  if(NOT TARGET autoformat)
-    add_custom_target(autoformat)
-  endif()
-  add_dependencies(autoformat autoformat_${target})
-endfunction()
diff --git a/cmake/Finddeltachat-core.cmake b/cmake/Finddeltachat-core.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index ddbeefb..0000000
--- a/cmake/Finddeltachat-core.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-find_path(libdeltachat_INCLUDE_DIR deltachat.h)
-mark_as_advanced(libdeltachat_INCLUDE_DIR)
-
-find_library(libdeltachat_LIBRARY deltachat)
-mark_as_advanced(libdeltachat_LIBRARY)
-
-include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
-find_package_handle_standard_args(
-  deltachat-core DEFAULT_MSG libdeltachat_LIBRARY libdeltachat_INCLUDE_DIR)
-
-if(deltachat-core_FOUND AND NOT TARGET deltachat-core::libdeltachat)
-  add_library(deltachat-core::libdeltachat SHARED IMPORTED)
-  set_target_properties(deltachat-core::libdeltachat PROPERTIES
-    IMPORTED_LOCATION ${libdeltachat_LIBRARY}
-    INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ${libdeltachat_INCLUDE_DIR})
-endif()
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a89acdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+project('kappachat', 'cpp',
+  license : 'ISC',
+  default_options : ['buildtype=debugoptimized',
+                     'warning_level=3',
+                     'cpp_std=c++20'])
+
+deltachat_dep = dependency('deltachat')
+qt6_dep = dependency('qt6', modules: ['Core', 'Widgets'])
+
+subdir('src')
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index de473ea..0000000
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME}
-  deltachat_context.cc
-  deltachat_context.hh
-  login_dialog.cc
-  login_dialog.hh
-  main.cc
-  main.hh
-  main_window.cc
-  main_window.hh
-)
-target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME}
-  PRIVATE
-    deltachat-core::libdeltachat
-    Qt6::Widgets
-)
-target_compile_features(${PROJECT_NAME}
-  PRIVATE
-    cxx_std_20
-)
-target_compile_options(${PROJECT_NAME}
-  PRIVATE
-    $<$<OR:$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:Clang>,$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:AppleClang>,$<CXX_COMPILER_ID:GNU>>:-Wall -Wextra>
-)
-set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES
-  WIN32_EXECUTABLE ON
-  MACOSX_BUNDLE ON
-)
-install(TARGETS ${PROJECT_NAME})
-
-add_autoformat_target(${PROJECT_NAME})
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e4b14d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+qt6 = import('qt6')
+moc_files = qt6.compile_moc(headers : [
+      'deltachat_context.hh',
+      'login_dialog.hh',
+      'main.hh',
+      'main_window.hh',
+    ],
+  dependencies : [
+      deltachat_dep,
+      qt6_dep,
+    ])
+executable('kappachat',
+  sources : [
+      'deltachat_context.cc',
+      'login_dialog.cc',
+      'main.cc',
+      'main_window.cc',
+      moc_files,
+    ],
+  dependencies : [
+      deltachat_dep,
+      qt6_dep,
+    ],
+  gui_app : true,
+  install : true)